Road Bike Restoration Tune Up - 99 Lemond Zurich

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[@arturdabrowski5994]

*Looked at a lot of options for getting my **Latest.Bike** . Great find in SAVA. Super light, nice components, really good value as it comes with many options only found in much higher priced bikes.*

[@ronbell7920]

2001 Lemond 853 frame, I upgraded everything, carbon crankset, carbon seat post, carbon handlebar/stem, new 11 speed 105 shifting and a new saddle. After that a set of Campy Zonda wheels. She weighs in just over 19 lbs and rides like a dream. The 56cm frame fits me like a glove. Needless to say she is my lifetime bike!

[@vintagesteel]

Sounds like a sick bike

[@ronbell7920]

@@vintagesteel I still like her!!!

[@TheSpiritOfTheWest]

@@ronbell7920 how do you fit a modern 11 speed group set with the frame? Is it possible or did you need to make the rear spacing bigger to accommodate the bigger cassette? Looking to get a 99 lemond that’s near my area and wondering if I could transfer my r8000 group set on it

[@ronbell7920]

@@TheSpiritOfTheWest , I have not had any issues setting a 130mm axle into a 125mm spacing that was the old standard on a steel bike frame. Steel is more forgiving than aluminum and aluminum may not be able to handle this. Luckily for most aluminum frame bikes are built to the new standard, so upgrading is easy. One just has to lose the spacer that may come on an older freehub.

[@AndresMUy-vd2fy]

@@ronbell7920 los ejes de 125 mm son de los años 80's o anteriores, para mediados de los 90's todos eran de 130 mm.

[@tomaszosipiak3589]

I work as a bike mechanic and everytime I watch your video I think "damn this guy does restoring the best compared to others". It's so nice to watch these videos.

[@oldshovel]

Thank you my friend 😁

[@wesleyjoshua615]

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[@gideonmorgan9684]

@Wesley Joshua instablaster :)

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[@rand2ca]

There's nothing more satisfying than taping a set of bars

[@germanhugger41]

I still have my 2001 Lemond Zurich road bike. And it's still one of the sweetest riding bikes I have ever owned.

[@erikwells5941]

Same. Love my '99 Zurich. Guy that had it before me rode until he passed and I bought it from his grand-kids.

[@csttd1126]

YES, YES AND ANOTHER YES! FINALLY A ROAD BIKE ON THIS AMAZING CHANNEL

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@Radelbande]

At the end I thought, you’ll say “I keep it” 😄

[@Arkaitse]

You can see it in his eyes for a fraction of a second XD

[@oldshovel]

Lol when I got it for my dad I wanted it and every time I’ve worked on it I’ve wanted it. I even tried to trade my bro for it... perhaps someday it will be mine. 😁

[@nicolasflamm]

I was kind of expecting him just jumping up the bike and pedal away, never to be seen again.

[@OvelNick]

@@oldshovel The makings of a legitimate heirloom for sure! I can't imagine a world in which that bike wouldn't be practical for commuting in the next century. Aside from some wild and rare events.

[@ianrice1778]

Lemond has one hell of a story to his life. Nice to see you make her look perty again😀

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@grgprincipe]

Shimanos are dang indestructible. So many old Shimano parts in this channel.

[@divineinpurple9058]

I love how you appreciate the craftsmanship that went into older bikes

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@ericlin158]

I love old steel road bike. Though my main road bike is a Raleigh Technium which is steel and aluminum. But the care you gave to this bike is well beyond anything I’ve ever given to my bikes.

[@jnah2260]

I too repair bikes and sell them. There is something really special about a steel road bike. I have restored steel and carbon before and while the carbon was definitely lighter, a really nice steel road bike is great at absorbing bumps and looks really really good.

[@oldshovel]

Agreed steel feels so good.

[@marccarter1350]

Amazing bike. I still ride a Reynolds 853 here in the UK. They're very common. Reynolds tubes were produced for the framework for the Spitfire fighter plane during WW2. Gregg Lemond was a very decent rider. Went on to build some great bikes. I love this bike.

[@richcyclo2933]

Lemond was more than just "Decent". He and his bike company a bit later on were stitched up by Trek (who built them) and Armstrong who despised GL.

[@billtait6457]

Well , I 'm 67 now gave up the mountain bike and bought exactly this bike . Well i could not be happier , it rides so smooth . I did buy a riser quill stem , and a easier to peddle rear gears. because the old owner was much stonger then me he had a close ratio race gear cassette . I have owned so many bikes old and new .Silky smooth and the ultega shifters still work wonders . but this is a dream ride .After just a fw mods for my comfort , I can't wait to ride it again and again .

[@2scoops624]

While I really like your paint jobs, when the video started I was worried your were going to paint it. Glad you left it original, looks great!

[@raul0ca]

I enjoy these restorations but I get triggered whenever he reaches for the sandpaper and removes paint on the frame or erases the branding from the crank. That said repainting everything might be better for a commuter bike or one that gets left "locked" at school

[@realalbertan]

Maybe if he masked the red and rainbow sections on the down tube/seat tube and left them original and left the rest a nice pearl white

[@nicolasflamm]

That is a tuxedo with wheels. Such a beautiful bike.

[@oldshovel]

Agreed. Thanks for watching.

[@chriscollins7604]

dont cycle anymore but i love these older bikes. classic

[@ericrose5054]

As much as I love new tech, carbon, etc. I still love the look of the classics! Well done!

[@bobbyt7444]

This tune up rebuild is better than any new bike assembly video out there. This is so much more satisfying to give an old bike new life!

[@stephenhickey8062]

I've been actively looking for a project bike like this to restore for use this summer

[@M440iUK]

I own a leMond Tourmalet from 2004 (the same year my daughter was born) with a brushed aluminium finish and green decals. Apart from the fact it looks beautiful it really does inspire confident riding. Highly underrated in terms of feel and the finish on the welding is the best I have ever seen on a bicycle. Mine will stay with me and hopefully, one day, my daughter will appreciate it too.

[@kennyhoward4659]

I love this. I have a '99 Zurich myself. Really is a beautiful bike and so compliant on the road. The Rolf wheels are a beast. Barely enough room for some 28mm tires but got them on there and this thing is built for all day riding. This is also the one I've cut my teeth on developing my meager mechanical skills. I'll never get rid of it.

[@oldshovel]

It is an awesome bike... I tried to trade my brother one of my mtb’s for it but he wasn’t up for it. I told him if he ever gets to where he no longer wants it I would love to take it off his hands.

[@ttiwehde]

Love the sound of grit going bye bye. Polished many vintage parts over the years, nothing like a gleaming vintage alloy bike component.

[@robslater5528]

Rode and raced a Zurich for a couple of years. Greg knew what he was doing in terms of frame design. I've never ridden anything so comfortable for hours in the saddle. Not a "quick" bike, certainly not first choice for criteriums, but for a long road race, very tough to beat! And Rolfs are great wheels! Bike wound up looking just great! Loved the video!

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@Gabriela-jc4pt]

Watching brand new bikes getting built up is pretty nice but nothing beats an old bike restoration to me. There's just something so special about it.

[@chrisrados7479]

My first road bike while going to college in 08. Well done dude.

[@BruceChastain]

Would love to see more steel road bike restorations.

[@BikeItUK]

An absolute classic and one worth keeping in the family, nice work as always and great to see a Road Bike. All the best Andy

[@aldrinclementina4297]

Look at that. It reminds me of my Batavaus Criterium '95 back then. 53/42 😍💪🏾

[@bass-player.22]

You can see the love you have for that awesome old racer I hope your brother gives you the chance to get it from him when he's done with her

[@oldshovel]

I hope so too 😁

[@dansotelo228]

I just ran into your site today and made a comment on your red GT on how to bring back the original shine on paint using Maguier's Ultimate Compound, which you should do from now on after you clean the frame & fork. Oh yes, I love your videos. Anyways, I'm a mechanic and own my private pro bike shop on Mercer Island 5 min from downtown Seattle. When the pandemic started early last year, my shop was flooded with incredible, perfectly brand new vintage bikes that had maybe 5 or 10 miles of use. One of them was a LeMond Zurich exactly like yours complete with the original tires that still had that fuzz line down the middle. Most came from couples when they were dating in the 80s and bought expensive bikes to impress each other, and after they got married simply hung them up and never used them again. So when the pandemic hit, they thought about riding their bikes again and bought them to me for a tune-up. So for a few months, my place was like a museum, and vintage nuts would come every day to see what was new. Ahhh I love bikes.

[@badger67]

Reynolds 853 tubing woah. Beautiful bike, beautifully done. Regards from Valencia Spain.

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@davidnguyen8265]

I got the exact same bike - very light weight, very nice comfortable ride. I would personally keep it. My bike was in worse condition.

[@bikenraider99]

Bravo! One of my favorite bikes to ride. You did a supreme job on bringing it back. Love my old Lemond's.

[@joechera4419]

Nice to stumble upon this. I had the exact same bike - 1999 Lemond Zurich with Ultegra in white - and loved it (also replaced the saddle and added Cinelli Spinaci bars for additional hand positions). I really liked the geometry as well as the classic good looks. Kept it for 10 years, until I went carbon with a Specialized Roubaix, and recently a Specialized Creo. Wish that I’d held onto the Lemond, though, especially after seeing your beautiful restoration. Hope your brother really enjoys it.

[@freebird1ification]

is there a way to tell what year these bikes are ?

[@3SportFitness]

I still have a Lemond Tete De Course and love the ride! Thanks for showing that old bikes still produce a great ride!

[@kr5746]

I was drooling the whole time!! Anyone else?

[@edwinpasuquin3270]

love what you did, specially the ARM and SEAT POST. Sparkling...

[@ericlin158]

This is a tune up!?!? This is a full restoration!! I can safely say I’ve never in my life polished my cranks. Hahaha. Respect to you good sir.

[@terrykrall]

This was a bike I was considering in the late 90s... I bought a Bianchi Veloce instead.... the Bianchi was a 9s speed originally, then a 10 speed (two 10 speed builds) and now an 11 speed Campy Potenza in 2018. It has just shy of 70,000 miles. Looks pretty decent for that mileage. The 853 is a very nice frameset. I want too many bikes. 43 people here ride carbon fiber. .

[@starblazers01]

I remember wanting to buy a similar LeMond frame, & couldn't I quite afford it. Big fan of LeMond since started racing in '87. Thanks for posting, keep them coming! 🤟🤠

[@corynardin]

Excited to see a road bike on here. Although I am moving from the road onto gravel and really loving that. My first love was the road.

[@patrickwalsh279]

Talk about a labor of LOVE! What an incredible restoration by a total master. And this video is also incredibly RELAXING to watch. One of the best things I've watched in any category on KZbin in a long while. I have a '96 LeMond Tourmalet and it's in absolutely superb shape. Still, I'd love to have a craftsman as ultra-Zen-competent as you take it completely apart and put it back together down the line. Maybe I'll do it myself and use your video as a guide! Well done! Thank you!

[@jayare8424]

I just purchased a 2001 Lemond chambery. Amazing handling, old school design & tubing but beautiful all round. Super happy with it. Great video. 👌👌👌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@decentdad1160]

YOU ARE BACK! Welcome back my friend, and what a beautiful project to bring in 2021. I’m excited to see what you have in store for the year and how you grow. Lovely restore

[@oldshovel]

Awesome thanks

[@chrisridebike8]

I used to race both mountain bikes and road bikes in the early 2000s and your channel just brings me back. Love the vids!

[@oldshovel]

Awesome

[@marcelspringer4921]

How I like the sound when cutting the shift cables. It's pure magic. As always great job. Greetings from Germany.

[@cjharrer01]

Fabulous, your brother is a lucky person!!! Nice work, I especially like the attention to detail with sanding/buffing the cranks and seat-post - GREAT JOB!

[@warrenrae32]

Have been dabbling in a bit of bike restoration and am currently working on a project and have drawn much inspiration from watching your brilliant videos👍

[@brucelee5340]

Fab it brings back so many memories bud, I used to ride a folding bike to university and later an old road bike, those good old days 👍

[@oldshovel]

Awesome

[@carloshugohck]

Hello my friend, I am just in love with your Channel. I am 40 years and i love old bikes. Like you say.... Nostalgia!!! I am a photographer for more than 15 years and i love my job. But lately i felt the need of a new hobbie. And I am learning to fix my bike. Everyday is a new thing and i just feel love for it. My next step will be paint a bike. I already painted some parts of the bike. All that said.... i can say you inspire me and gave me a new thing to play with. Thank you so much. Ps: I was lookin for some Oury here to buy, but saddly we dont have here.

[@oldshovel]

Awesome

[@fepatton]

Nice! I just finished up re-doing a Lemond Buenos Aires of about the same vintage. Great video!

[@rickmtbhaywood2311]

Lovely job . Something very satisfying about bringing a bike back to life 😀

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@berntfritiofulveborn3163]

Wow, cool bike, and those Rolf wheels looks awesome, so few spokes.

[@dominichui8280]

Great pleasure to watch the restoration, so grateful the original paint is intact, thank you😘

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@michaelsnedden9029]

I love vintage steel road bikes and l love your channel. Finally, my two loves have come together!

[@09agentbill]

I'm watching all your videos to help me restore a 1988 Schwinn Caliente'. Thank you for your content and links.

[@jeffbrunton3291]

Excellent job as usual Great bike Love that a bike can be improved so much by a thorough clean and polish and maintenance, it must have been well looked after

[@Chiro75]

This brings back a lot of memories. I worked as a mechanic in a bike shop that sold Lemond and the owner rode on the first TdF 7-11 team and was a good friend of Greg’s. Lemond would call the shop to talk to my boss frequently but he’d always pretend to have a woman’s voice to try to fake us out so we wouldn’t bother him LOL

[@oldshovel]

Lol awesome story. Thanks for sharing.

[@brokenoutline]

Really cool to see the process and the knowledge and the craftsman ship. Thank you for sharing

[@vermonthillsumc]

You are good brother. Thank you for sharing this video with all of us. Great watch.

[@alexfunes1466]

As always ,another one of you great restores. I hope you continue to add road bikes to your repertoire of restores moving forward. Stay safe & healthy looking forward to more of your vids. Take care for now

[@oldshovel]

Thanks Alex

[@joseleonbass]

Excellent, as always! Thank you for these lovely videos and work. Your younger brother must to be proud of you! Congrats from Madrid, Spain

[@oldshovel]

Thank you my friend

[@britishrocklovingyank3491]

I had a 1999 (2000?) Lemond Alp d'huez. Brilliant bike. I miss it. I loved the geometry and wish modern bikes used it.

[@rodrigovelasquez744]

Qué bueno volver a ver otro de tus videos,son muy entretenidos👍👍,siempre esperando el próximo proyecto.

[@benhaugsby7334]

Wow! A very nice bike before. An absolute showpiece after. Very well done.

[@TheFabioEiji]

Used to have a Lemond as well, such a lovely, light bike! Amazing vídeo!

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@bigd835]

Lemonds are my favorite road bikes. I have 3 of them. Its amazing how a bicycle will clean up and look nearly new again. I really liked the way you polished the aluminum - just fantastic. I just redid a Fuji I bought cheap and I love riding a bicycle that is spotless and tuned well. It took me about 7 hours to go through the entire bicycle and make it all perfect. Great Job on that clean up / restore. Everything looks stunning !

[@sanjaygrover2279]

wonderful restoration so much love

[@monkeysize]

Wow...so beautiful!!! Might look good with red tape and red saddle as well.

[@oldshovel]

I think red grips were how it came originally.

[@jacksharmonoquinn572]

Cool the way everything comes around again. Nice road bike.

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@jimmansi1187]

Awesome job, like many I also have an old school road bike laying around, 1993 Giant Cadex Carbon & you’ve given me the inspiration to bring it back to life as it’s a smooth riding bike, nice work, love it!

[@oldshovel]

Awesome

[@alexanderdupont6293]

Would love to see more work like this on classic road bikes! Nice video!

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@Michael-zp9kl]

I had a 99 lemond and it was one of my favorite bikes ever.

[@LIamaLlama554]

Thanks for the great video. Working on the restoration of a ‘97 Trek 1220 aluminum road bike myself.

[@carlodanosos4210]

Good to be here again love from Philippines

[@oldshovel]

Thanks 🙏

[@encore159]

What a beautiful beautiful bike!

[@vital7439]

Looks like a piece of art! Thank you👍

[@larrbrown7277]

I did this for 18 years,loved every minute, still work on my bike

[@vinmarz]

Looks awesome. Classic stuff always get my attention. God Bless

[@Garlor]

Awesome job and it’s always a great thing to bring a vintage bike back to life. I own a Lemond Zurich with carbon / 853 Reynolds’ frame. Shimano Ultegra groupset, Eastoncarbon fork, and FSA carbon handlebars. Great ride and thinking on getting Elite carbon wheelset.

[@dondonoplimo]

even my girlfriend is watching! what a clean job sir.

[@oldshovel]

Lol awesome

[@LeFrere72]

Such a joy to watch this vid. Cheers for uploading. Actually have a similar project going here with a LeMond Alpe D'Huez also in Reynolds 853 tubing. Stunning bike - and amazing rider. Stay safe 🙏🏻

[@oldshovel]

Awesome

[@caesar2164]

FYI: the ring you removed with the pin spanner on the crankset is actually meant to make crankarms self-removing.

[@MrJonas2255]

True, but it's not a bad idea to use the regular Octalink puller as it's stronger than the aluminum self extractor. They can fail if the crank is seized on from years of corrosion/overtorquing

[@caesar2164]

@@MrJonas2255 Fair point, but this bike looked like it had been looked after, so failure was unlikely.

[@Thetoad738]

simple beautiful bicycle. No carbon, no disc brakes. Easy to work on, easy to maintain. Great job!

[@micasakiti6205]

I love your videos!!! In every video you can feel the spirit of the work you do and how much you love biking and " giving old things a new life"! I'm from Germany and i also love biking and i love it too to build up my own or old bikes. I gave the really old bikes of my two daughters a new life ( Scott Team Jr. / and a Marin bayview trail) My newest Projekt is a roadbike too from 1999. It's a Stevens Rpr4 racer wich i got for 100 Euros. Easton tubing and Complete Ultegra. Thanks again for your great work with the videos and your inspirations.

[@oldshovel]

Awesome thanks for sharing

[@audieconrad8995]

Great refresh! I bet this bike is very comfortable. LeMond's geometry theory was a long wheelbase based on distance comfort = less fatigue. I owned a '05 LeMond Versailles. It was a combination carbon and steel frame - "spine construction." Put a lot of miles on it. Soooo comfortable - great ride!

[@chrisoliveira2038]

Great cleanup in this one. I have almost the exact same bike, but red with white panels. Depending on my Steelman CX build goes, I may be willing to part with the Lemond.

[@travissteele837]

Extending the life of bikes is the whole reason why I changed careers from teaching to bike mechanics. It’s such a shame to throw away. Thanks for making these videos.

[@chrisnurnberg9599]

Nice work and I hope your brother will appreciate that bike as much as you do! Good well done!

[@markrobak5223]

I just bought the exact same year and color a couple of days ago. Just needed some minor clean-up. Also have a 2001 Zurich and 1998 Tourmalet. All great bikes!

[@timothymadaras1613]

Great video and I love these old school bikes.

[@art8729]

Wow amazing Transformation 😮

[@tombreen7927]

Great job of giving the bike new life

[@elcid6325]

I just bought this frame/ fork /headset...cool to see this build.

[@adrianbyrne6676]

I love your videos. So relaxing to watch and love the bikes.....and very educational.

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@daily_dose_of_nothingness]

Good just like new bicycle! Excellent job! Respect from Macedonia

[@oldshovel]

Awesome thanks

[@samueldantas3662]

was looking forward to new videos, his wonderful work continues

[@oldshovel]

Thanks

[@trroland1248]

I used to lust after one of these back in the day. Especially used to want me some of those Rolf Prima wheels.🤩

[@oldshovel]

Dido

[@georgevial7836]

Fantastic video. I did a clean up on a similar bike last year, no where near as in depth, but was so satisfying

[@dangelo1103]

It is a BEAUTIFUL bike, nice work!

[@user-ku2bm6kw2k]

Wonderful job love those "corsa" road bikes